Aphiwe Mjambane

The talented, outspoken and very confident poet.

”We as people are powerful beyond major, some people do not realise that we are powerful and they do not want to accept it”.  These are powerful the words of the young beautiful, talented and very confident poet. Aphiwe Mjambane is currently doing her final year at Boston Media House Sandton campus specialising in Advertising and Journalism.  Statistically Boston Media House has proved that most of their student are at BMH for radio but they actually change before or just after their first year, Aphiwe also is one of them she came to Jozi for the same reason, she had a huge interest in Radio and she was told that Boston Media House is the best place to do radio. But before the end of first she had already decided to drop radio for advertising and Journalism. 

However Aphiwe was science and commercial student in high school level of education, no one ever thought that Aphiwe will end up being a creative student than being an academic student. For her high school education Aphiwe went to a science college. Aphiwe started her education at Peffervill Primary and then to East London Science College. And that time she was staying with her Grandmother. Aphiwe spent most of her life with her grandmother who was taking care of the colour family that was left to her by their parent. That’s a reason she when she talks about her background she always mention the fact that she was born in the black family and raised in a coloured family.

Today, Aphiwe told me a story of her life. Born in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape her grandmother took her to stay with her for almost two decade. Her grandmother was staying with the children of the family she worked for. She was a mother to those kids because they lost their parents on their early age. That is where Aphiwe learned to leave with different culture, as unique as the culture were, Aphiwe was able to adjust to her black side of the family. She also appreciates role her grandmother played in her life. Aphiwe learned that her black side of her is very patient and motivates her a lot, and encourage her to take a stand and work hard for whatever she wants to have while her other side of the family the not really patient and they live life for today. Very loving and spontaneous. They have main influence on her life at this day and time.

Being the part of Student Committee and Active leader of poetry sessions at Boston Media House, Aphiwe is familiar to the spoken words lovers. Her definition of poetry is actions reversed into creative story telling method that has certain people to understand. A spoken word is her second love behind her dad.  Like any other she is dad’s girl, she loves her father to beats. “My father is the best thing that ever happened to my life” giggling and blushing with much love on her face.  He father is the Extension Manager at Department of Agriculture in the Eastern Cape. Her dad is a God fearing person, cultural and love nature, when asked about the father, she screamed “oh my goodness my father” continue…” he is my best friend I tell him everything I g top him for guidance, he is wise, he the man of honour and integrity, he is God fearing man. He is very traditional but he still God fearing.

While Aphiwe loves nature too, nevertheless she is not religious or spiritual driven person, Aphiwe still believe there is high power. This cultural activist is the big fan of nature also, Aphiwe love making jokes and making people laugh on one way the other. It’s could be by tell random joke with her powerful poems. That where her creative side lies on.  About her weakness as a human being Aphiwe pointed out that she works on all her weaknesses to change them to be her strengths. 

She believes that she is a very selfish person when it comes to her happiness; she does not consider someone else but herself. That’s the reason Aphiwe hates women because they always have something to say about anything.  Most of her poems were sexual oriented when asked why they were like that she said at that point in time the subject she could write about was sex, she was well informed with it that time. But because of the growth in this activity now she writes about a lot of this and life in general.